Temple and Teahouse in Japan - Werner Blaser Japan without any ambition to have

without any ambition to have a literary or painterly career

Suzanne Simard

135mm x 210mm

Yale University Press

Temple and Teahouse in Japan - Werner Blaser Japan without any ambition to haveAfter a trip to Japan in 1953, Werner Blaser published his landmark book on classical Japanese architecture. His studies of 17th and 18th century wooden buildings document minimalist, grid based structures using stark black and white photographs, some colour photographs and numerous line drawings. His book, highly prized in terms of design and content, contributed significantly to introducing Japanese aesthetics to Western architecture, art and